Creating from Scraps + Mini-Artist Talk
On Wednesday, May 28, at 6:30 pm
Join visual artist Teri Gandy-Richardson at the Textile Arts Center for a workshop and mini-artist talk. Attendees will be guided through an opportunity to participate in the artist’s process for harvesting denim scraps, dissecting and deconstructing Levi’s jeans. A discussion on denim’s history will include a 15-minute video presentation interspersed with a slide show explaining the progression of Teri’s artwork, relevant themes, use, and affinity for denim as the iconic American material that it is.
About the artist:
Teri Gandy-Richardson identifies as an abstract painter, and uses denim as her medium to create work in 2- and 3-dimensions. Her artwork has been shown nationally and internationally. Most recent group exhibitions include Ancestors in Progress II, 2025 at the Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York; The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition 2024-2025 at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York and Afro Latinx Mix Tape 2024 at the Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, New York. Internationally, she participated in the group exhibition, DENIM— Stylish, Practical, Timeless Blue Fabric with A History, 2020-2021 at the Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel Switzerland. Originally an Architecture major at The Cooper Union, Teri changed majors and instead graduated earning her BFA in Painting. Teri currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
About WIP:
Textile Arts Center’s Work in Progress (TAC WIP) is a window into the studio practice of contemporary artists and designers that engages the public in a dialogue with the field of textiles.
